Amazon Faces Tax Woes in EU Book and retail giant Amazon has come under fire over the years… Mercy Pilkington19 January 2015One comment2 minute read
Boopsie Library-Branded Apps Increase Patron Engagement When library patrons think of ebook lending, they might be familiar with… Mercy Pilkington16 January 2015One comment2 minute read
FarFaria Combats Drop in Children’s Reading Scholastic recently released the results of one of its many annual surveys,… Mercy Pilkington15 January 20152 comments3 minute read
BookShout Brings in Key Players for New Print Distribution BookShout, the ebook distribution platform that has seen a great deal of… Mercy Pilkington14 January 2015One comment1 minute read
Authors as Educators: Simon & Schuster Offers Online Courses In a market that has become increasingly flooded with books–both bad and… Mercy Pilkington13 January 2015One comment2 minute read
Cutting Out Amazon: Why Direct-to-Consumers Hasn’t Taken Off At this year’s Digital Book World event, there’s a highly anticipated panel… Mercy Pilkington12 January 20152 comments3 minute read
Looking Ahead to DBW’s Author Survey Results DBW has been conducting in-depth author surveys over the past few years,… Mercy Pilkington11 January 2015One comment2 minute read
Patriots Win, But It’s Not Enough to Save Gronkerotica There’s a seedy underbelly to the world of digital self-publishing, and it’s… Mercy Pilkington10 January 2015One comment2 minute read
Were “Flash in the Pan” Predictions Right? When ebooks first appeared on the literary scene in a big way,… Mercy Pilkington10 January 20155 comments2 minute read
What Makes Kids Read? Scholastic, the world’s largest publisher of children’s content and innovators in kids’… Mercy Pilkington9 January 2015One comment3 minute read
India Tackles Digital Textbooks with 3.7M Student Rollout On the same day that the Times of India reported on the… Mercy Pilkington7 January 20153 comments2 minute read
Studies Still Show Print Edging Out Digital for Reading Preference A new survey of readers in New Zealand, as reported by Stuff.co.nz,… Mercy Pilkington29 July 2014One comment2 minute read
Amazon’s Latest Tool a Great Benefit to Indie Authors There are reports that Amazon has a Square reader-like device in the… Mercy Pilkington29 July 2014One comment3 minute read
Apple Buys BookLamp, Creators of Book Genome Project In a move that industry watchers are already calling a direct competition… Mercy Pilkington28 July 2014One comment2 minute read
eBook Review: Find Virgil by Frank Freudberg Verdict: 5 Stars This book was fun for the very reason that… Mercy Pilkington27 July 20144 comments2 minute read
Scholastic to Close Storia eBook Application Scholastic, the award-winning powerhouse in children’s publishing, made a announcement today that… Mercy Pilkington27 July 20142 comments2 minute read
Uncovering the Inner Workings of the Author Earnings Report Ludicrous accusations have come out from various corners of the publishing industry,… Mercy Pilkington26 July 201426 comments5 minute read
Politicians Go Digital with Bitcoin, Paystand With a fairly significant US election looming on the horizon, candidates are… Mercy Pilkington24 July 20143 comments2 minute read
Amazon Offers Ups Its Percentage of Sales to Charity In the latest twist in the Amazon-Hachette dispute, Amazon has proven once… Mercy Pilkington24 July 2014One comment2 minute read
Oyster Adds Web-Based Mobile Reading to Its Platform eBook subscriptions services are making headlines right now, especially following the launch… Mercy Pilkington24 July 2014One comment2 minute read
Bublish Secures New Round of Investment Funding Any author, traditionally published or indie, can tell you that one of… Mercy Pilkington23 July 2014One comment2 minute read
REVIEW: Liberio eBook Publication Platform Whenever a new tool comes along that makes it even easier for… Mercy Pilkington23 July 20142 comments3 minute read
Authors United to Issue New Directive to Amazon As Hachette, Amazon, and the laundry list of household name authors who… Mercy Pilkington22 July 2014One comment2 minute read
